Our Sorrowful Mothers Ministry

“Debbie Pryor and Donald Pryor are husband and wife. Debbie is a director/trustee and serves as President. Donald is a director/trustee. Also, Anna Aden and Christian Aden are husband and wife. Both serve as directors/trustees.”

“Members Provisions: OSMM's Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws have always provided for two bodies for governance: the Members and the Board of Directors/Trustees. It is the Members who appoint/replace any Director/Trustee on the Board of Directors/Trustees. Also, any major change in mission or philosophy, merger, consolidation, or dissolution, requires approval of both the Board of Directors/Trustees and the Members.”

“Members Provisions: OSMM's Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws have always provided for two bodies for governance: the Members and the Board of Directors/Trustees. It is the Members who appoint/replace any Director on the Board of Directors/Trustees. Also, any major change in mission or philosophy, merger, consolidation, or dissolution, requires approval of both the Board of Directors/Trustees and the Members.”

“Please see the explanation to Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 6, or Line 7a, above.”

“OSMM's financial information is compiled during the fiscal year by an independent CPA accountant. The accountant creates an income and expense statement and a balance sheet. A specialist familiar with 501(c) organizations then creates the Form 990 Informational Returns using the information from the income statements and balance sheets, as well as information provided at the OSMM website, or by one of the officers.”

“In June of 2011, OSMM submitted a registration exemption application with the IL Attorney General Office, Charitable Trusts Bureau. By letter dated Nov. 18, 2011, the Bureau approved OSMM's application finding that as a religious organization OSMM is exempt from filing annual financial reports under the IL Charitable Trust and Solicitations Acts.”

“OSMM makes its governing documents available to the public upon request. Also, OSMM Articles of incorporation are available to the public at the IL Sec. of State website, Corporations Search. OSMM 990 Informational Returns are available to the public at the IRS Tax Exempt Organization Search website. Upon request, OSMM will provide a copy of any of the above or any other public document (such as the IRS 501(c)(3) determination letter and IRS Application for Recognition of 501(c)(3) Exempt Status) by mail or email.”

“The expense figure of $303,023 for this line of activity is an estimate. OSMM's first two lines of activity (Line 4a and Line 4b) are closely related. They use the same OSMM physical assets incurring the same expenses. Thus, it is reasonable to split the program services expense "50/50" between these first two lines of activity.”

“The expense figure of $303,023 for this line of activity is an estimate. OSMM's first two lines of activity (Line 4a and Line 4b) are closely related. They use the same OSMM physical assets incurring the same expenses. Thus, it is reasonable to split the program services expense "50/50" between these first two lines of activity.”

“OSMM's sales of religious books and religious articles has grown in recent years, especially the online store. Please see OSMM's website at osmm.org for the OSMM online Store. Because the expenses of operating the store (both on campus and online) are already part of the first two lines of activity -- and the cost of the goods sold is already subtracted in Part VIII, Statement of Revenues, Line 10b -- the expense figure here is $0.”

“The dollar figure of $5010 is the difference between Net Assets as reported at the end of 2023 and Net Assets as reported at the end of 2024. This dollar figure must be subtracted on this line so that Line 10 matches Part X, Balance Sheet, Line 32, Column B. In other words, the corporation's equity decreased by this amount by the end of 2024.”